Sleepover

We had so much fun at Laney's house for a sleepover the other night! Skylar wanted to stay there all by herself, but I wanted to hang out with Kristin and I knew Skyar would wake up way before everyone else the next day. While the adults enjoyed some TV and talk time, the girls enjoyed playing with every toy in the house! Then Laney sprayed about half a bottle of leave on conditioner into Skylar's hair and they had fun combing it while being at the "beauty shop." As the night wore on, they girls got a little tired but just as quick as they started to slow down, they wound right back up! In parenting of the year, we let the girls eat brownies at 10:30, string cheese at midnight, and gold fish at 1:00!! After doing some gymnastics, dancing and singing, we finally called it quits and forced the girls to go to sleep at 2 AM!! Oh my, we were very tired the next morning when we woke up at 8 to go pick up Jimmy from the high school... I just kept thinking Skylar looked like a college freshman after one of her first late night benders!

What this kind?

Jimmy has a new phrase... "What this kind?" So, it is not the most grammatically correct sentence but it is awfully cute! He says this phrase about a million times a day. No joke. So, its initial cuteness is wearing off! It goes something like this. I pull into a parking lot. Jimmy from the backseat says, "what this kind, mommy?" and I reply, "we are at Target." Then we get in the store and he asks, "what this kind mommy?" And this continues all day, everyday. He even asked Jim, "What this kind" While pointing to a good friend of ours.. Oh My! Jim said, "Do you mean, who is this?" Jimmy said, "yes, what this kind?" HA

Some other sayings we hear a lot are;
"happened mommy, happened?" with a cute little question in his voice
"why" I know this is common but my favorite variation is "why, gran ma" notice the missing "d" in grandma
"Nancy's pool?"
"jump, rock?"
"Sissy, no!"
"Jimmy first"
"Jimmy kind"
"fassy" (like passy with an "f")
"Big one" you have to hear him say this one! So sweet

Future Song Writer and Princess??

For the last 6 months or so, Skylar has taken to writing her own songs. Imagine, Will Farell in Elf singing the Christmas jingle to his dad..... Jim and I just smile and tell her how awesome that it is that she can write and create her own songs. It makes us chuckle though because they are story summary's set to a random tempo!


The other thing she has been "stuck" on is telling us all about her future life as a princess. She tells us at least twice a day that when she grows up, she will marry a prince and move into his castle. (She used to tell us she was already a princess and we had to tell her the only way she could be a princess was to marry a prince since we aren't royalty) Then she tells us we are going to live in her castle with her and be the king and queen. Again, we have to tell her that if she marries a prince, his parents will already be the king and queen so we will just be common folk. She thinks about this for a few seconds and then waves it off. She continues to tell us about her palace and the things she will be able to do.


 So, between listening to a new song performance every car trip and having a clear cut vision of her future princess lifestyle, I believe one day I will tell all my friends, my daughter is a song-writer / princess. .... HA! She already is both of those things and a cute one at that!  I love this age :)

Saving our pennies for the Princess Castle!

Ever since Jim and I started following the Dave Ramsey plan, we have been talking a lot about money and a budget around our house. We have always told the kids they don't get something every time we go to a store and Skylar has watched me use coupons since she was little. So, with all this talk about budgeting and saving money, Skylar and Jimmy want to know what we are saving for. I told them we are saving for college, for our future, and to take a trip to Disney world! With this news, Skylar was so excited! She doesn't really care about anything in Disney except for seeing "the princess castle" So now, every time she wants something from the store, before I can even say "yes" or "no" she tells me, "never-mind, we are saving our pennies to go see the princess castle" This has worked out more sweet than I could have ever imagined. I sure hope "the princess castle" is all she has made it out to be when we finally get there (we are planning to go in the summer of 2013.) She will be in Kindergarten and Jimmy will be 4!

Fun Times at Ashton's Birthday Party!

 We always have such a good time at birthday parities! This one was in a park with a huge bounce house, a inflatable baseball cage, inflatable basketball game, and a snow cone truck! I am not sure if Jim had more fun or the kids! Ha.

 It was awfully hot out there (party stared at 1:00) but the snow cones helped! Each person got to add their own flavor from the side of the truck. I am pretty sure most kids decided to add EVERY flavor!

 Jimmy enjoyed his as well. This year he actually ate it instead of wearing it! Yeah for progress :)

 Then of course we got to have yummy cake (and cupcakes) to end the party! Good time had by all and the kids slept on the way home.. love that!

Big Girl Haircut!

Skylar went today for her first "big girl" haircut at a real salon. It was a success! She just got a little trim but it looks so much better. She didn't quite understand having to sit still and look down at the ground but it all worked out. Fun!

Myself!

Jimmy has entered into the phase where he wants to do EVERYTHING by himself. So, whenever Jim or I are about to do something for him, (get a drink, snack, put on shoes, etc...) Jimmy yells "myself" as us. We have to allow him to do almost everything by himself or else there is a major fit! I am so glad he wants to learn to do new things and he is going to be independent just like his sister, but geesh, you would think his mommy could help him do some things... Plus, let's face it, doing things "myself" takes quite a bit longer and is generally a lot more messy! Oh well, I guess it just means that I officially don't have any babies anymore (boo!) just a toddler and a preschooler.